Catamenial appliance.



PATENTED DEC. 20,1904.

. H. E. SCOTT. OATAMENIAL APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25,1904.

N0 MODEL.

a specification,

Patented December 20, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE-.

HELEN E. soon, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

QATAMENIAL APPLIANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,077, dated December20, 1904.

' Applicatiorifiled May 25,1904. Serial No. 209,634.

To all whom it may concern:

,Be it known that I, HELEN EVANS SooTT, of the city of Baltimore andState of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in CatamenialAppliances, of which thefollowing is This invention relates to anappliance to be worn over the drawers and corsets and under the skirtsby women in connection with the ordinary napkin during the period ofmenstruation or in anticipation of the recurrence of such period toprevent staining of the outer garments.

The said invention consists of an apron formed of two pieces of wovenfabric between which is interposed a comparatively thin body or layer ofcotton-batting or absorbentcotton or some equivalent material The threethicknesses are suitably bound at the edges and the drawers and heldthereat by means of suitable straps, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of the said invention which follows referenceis made to the accompanying drawings, forminga part here- 'of, and inwhichregulate their length to suit the wearer; but

any shortening and lengthening devices, such as buckles or slides, maybe employed in lieu of the loops.

5 5 are straps attached to the side edges of theapron at a properdistance from the top of the device, which are brought around the bodyto the front, where their ends are tied or connected by buckles or othersuitable contrivances.

7 represents the ordinary napkin, and its illustration is to show thatwhile the apron does not in any manner interfere with the use of thenapkin there is acooperation of the two appliances to effect ausefulresult. To effect this cooperation of the two devices, thewaistband 2 is furnished with the pendent tabs or straps 8 and 9,situated at the front and rear, respectively, to which thenapkin-supports 1O orvthe ends of the napkin itself are pinned orotherwise secured, a

I claim as'my invention 1. In a catamenial appliance, the combinationofa waistband, an absorbent apron suspended from the waistband by meansof straps which are attached to the apron at its upper edge, the lowerend of the said apron being free or unrestrained, and straps connectedto the sides of the apron and near its upper edge,

whereby the upper part or portion only of the said apron is drawnforward and secured in contact with the person, substantially asspecified.

2. In a catamenial appliance, the combination of a Waistband, anabsorbent apron suspend ed from the waistband by means of straps whichare attached to the said apron at its upper edge, the lower end of thesaid apron being free or unrestrained, straps connected to the sidesofthe said apron and near its upper edge whereby the upper portion only ofthe apron may be drawn forward and secured in contact with the person,and pendent straps at thefront and rear portions of the waistbandadapted to support theordinary napkin which is interposed between theapron and the person, substantially as specified.

HELEN E. SCOTT.

Witnesses OREGON MILTON DENNIS, WM. T. HOWARD,

